Anurag beat GM Sriram Jha in this Championship. In the last round he beat Hemant Sharma of Delhi and finished ahead of 2 GM’s Pravin Thipse , Sriram Jha and IM Argyadip Das.This is a first National Silver Medal for Anurag in Senior National Chess Championship. He scored 8.5 points out of 11 rounds with 2 loss and 1 draw. He won Rs. 25000/- prize money.Anurag is coached by Akash Thakur from Nagpur. He came from Spain and stayed in Mumbai for 10 days coaching with GM Pravin Thipsay from Mumbai before leaving to Jaipur Rajastan.